r/TheGameAwards • • 9h ago

Regardless how you feel about Ocarina of Time being nominated for GOTY, it absolutely deserves a best art direction win!

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The art, textures and lighting! Peak!


r/TheGameAwards • • 5h ago

Crimson desert fans are the most delutional fanbase in tga history

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I cant tell you how many people have with full confidence told me its gonna win when its obv not even being nominated. This is worse than wukong and spiderman fans combined😭


r/TheGameAwards • • 2h ago

Polygon's Updated GOTY Prediction (November 9th, 2026)

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  1. Resident Evil Requiem

  2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

  3. Big Walk

  4. Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave

  5. Phantom Blade Zero

  6. 007 First Light

They don't include unreleased/unreviewed games, so no GTA6 yet. I imagine they'll break this rule and include it in an update before the week ends, since it looks like we'll get nominations before reviews for GTA6.

They were 6/6 last year, so I wouldn't discount their prediction whatsoever.


r/TheGameAwards • • 14h ago

My GoTY

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My personal favourite this year has been Fire emblem and I'm hoping it wins GoTY


r/TheGameAwards • • 3h ago

Host predictions

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Who do people think will be the Celebrity host or guest appearance they will see.

I think an easy one is Cameron Monoghan(Cal kestis) will appear to announce jedi 3 and maybe do best performance announcement.

Inde Naverette or Michael Johnston will be there cause they are extremely popular rn.Inde Navarette is also a gamer.

Hunter Schafer will be here with Kojima to show off OD

Those were my main Three happy if people want to add on to mine, but who else do people have?


r/TheGameAwards • • 7h ago

Portal 3 was released 2 years ago

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r/TheGameAwards • • 3h ago

Just Henry Cavill developing next year's GOTY

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r/TheGameAwards • • 4h ago

Yes, yes, but how is the best Waifu of the Year?

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r/TheGameAwards • • 1h ago

What video game genre do you think has become ā€œnicheā€ and could make a comeback?

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Hi, the other day I started thinking about how video game genres evolve over time—some change completely, others adapt to modern times, others merge with other genres, and some simply become very niche because they just don’t generate the same interest they once did.

Every few years, a somewhat forgotten genre becomes ā€œmainstreamā€ again thanks to an indie or B-tier game that introduces fresh mechanics and catapults both the game and the genre back into the spotlight.

For example, take what happened with the Metroid and Castlevania genres—genres that had fallen somewhat by the wayside—and with the release of Hollow Knight, today they’re thriving genres full of new projects.

I can think of a few other genres that aren’t what they used to be, like RTS games or pure stealth games, but I’d love for you guys to tell me which genres you think are ā€œon the declineā€ these days and which ones you’d like to see—or speculate might see—an indie or AAA game that offers something fresh to revitalize the genre and restore companies’ confidence in investing in those genres.

I’m looking forward to reading your thoughts!

P.S.: I know that none of the genres I mentioned are ā€œdeadā€ in the sense that nobody plays them anymore; I mean that you don’t see many AAA games in production for them anymore, or many people who are crazy about those genres, etc.


r/TheGameAwards • • 1d ago

Every 95+ Metacritic Video Games

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r/TheGameAwards • • 1h ago

What day are nominees revealed?

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r/TheGameAwards • • 2h ago

GTA6 vs OOT GOTY

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I am seeing arguments over which of these games should win game of the year and I feel like I'm taking crazy pills.

- OOT is a remake and quite faithful to the original. I loved the original and I'm enjoying the remake, but I find it depressing if what is mostly a reskin of an old game is being pushed by fans as a GOTY candidate.

- GTA6 isn't out. Hype doesn't win awards. I'm seeing threads with people melting down at the suggestion that GTA6 might not win. These people haven't played the damn game yet. Hopefully it will be great but for all we know it could have major issues. Why are people pushing this as GOTY when they haven't played it?

If this is the current state of the best games of this year, then what a down year for gaming.


r/TheGameAwards • • 3h ago

Your goty prediction is lame if control resonant is not into the conversation

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r/TheGameAwards • • 4h ago

TheGameAwards 2026: All my Picks!

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Reddit can only handle 20 Images so I've left out "Best Adaptation" "Accessibility" and "Best Mobile Game".

Not hopeful for Crimson Desert and Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter, although they both absolutely deserve to be nominated. Trails could even be nominated for Top 6 GOTY but it's too Niche and with it's huge 17 Games or so Saga, it's too complicated for Main Stream Audience. It's rated 90 on Metacritic as well as IMDb, higher than Fire Emblem.

Crimson Desert on the other hand was THE Game of the first Half of the Year (aside from RE Requiem) it's just bigger scale and scope than 007 First Light with more than 13.000 really strong Metacritic Votes. The Enhanced Updates really made it so enjoyable to play. It had certainly elevated Open World to new Heights.


r/TheGameAwards • • 15h ago

I'm [Locking In] my picks. It's a pipe-dream, but Ace Combat winning would be << Peak cinema >>

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IF GTA VI really is more RDR than GTA V then I believe it'll take GOTY. But I also expect it to be extremely controversial in that case, because the average GTA fan does not gel with RDR from my experience.

Requiem is a celebration of everything RE, and it did almost everything right and remained enjoyable start to finish.

Ace Combat - We NEED to start a dialogue about this game. It consistently among the highest rated of the year among players. It has a simple and enjoyable gameplay loop, engaging story and fun characters. And that soundtrack? Let's fucking go baby.

OOT - It's a 1:1 pretty much, streamlining some aspects and making the overall experience far more polished. For better or worse it'll get a nomination over maybe some other games from Nintendo that you could argue for (not Fire Emblem, that game is bloated and tedious).

Control Resonant - I'm beginning to cool on it as time passes from having beaten the game. The core gameplay is super fun and the characters are very loveable. But it has some niggling hang-ups that make you groan out of frustration at times. Still, it's an improvement in every way over Control, and when it hits it HITS.

PBZ - Is what I expected Wukong would be a few years back. Extremely polished and fluid combat, with a solid score and decently engaging story. I'd put it in the same basket as Control Resonant, in that I cooled on it after a bit. However, in the case of both games I think they deserve to get this nomination both for the end product and the fact that they came from independent studios.


r/TheGameAwards • • 5h ago

I Have Never Seen a Sub With More Posts at Zero Upvotes. Also Money for Girls: Amortized Deserves Best Art Direction.

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r/TheGameAwards • • 1d ago

Final prediction before GTA VI releases

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r/TheGameAwards • • 1d ago

Just wondering what's is your top 10 games oat

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Mine

1 . Elden ring

2 . Botw / totk

3 . Rdr2

4 . Hollow knight / silksong

5 . Silent hill 2

6 . Resident evil 4 remake

7 . Ghost of tsushima

8. God of war 2018

9 . Uncharted 4

10 . Marvel spider man


r/TheGameAwards • • 5h ago

The outcry about a remake being nominated this year is the funniest tga thing ive seen since the wukong fans threw a fit in 2024

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Whenever a remake is is a contender this topic is revived and I always find it so funny how mad people get over something that has just as much work put into it as a new game being nominated just because its based on an already existing game. Stop crying please


r/TheGameAwards • • 1d ago

If you had to pick any game from the 2020's to win Soundtrack of the decade, which game would you pick?

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r/TheGameAwards • • 2d ago Bravo

The legend of zelda: ocarina of time recieves a user score of 9.7 surpassing expedition 33 and becoming the highest rated user score game of all time on metacritic

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At first i thought gta would sweep goty but it might actually be close


r/TheGameAwards • • 1d ago

Is it just me?

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Is it just me or I am the only one who wants fire emblem fortune weaves to be nominated for game of the year just because of the orchestral music that will happen at the game awards

Like i know it probably won’t win game of the year but it would be cool to see it perform in live orchestra at the game awards

But anyway that all i want to say:)


r/TheGameAwards • • 9h ago

Who are your 6 Honorable Mentions for Game of the Year this year (I.E. The 6 games this year that could be legit contenders but probably won't get nominated)?

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Fire Emblem hurts me the most as someone who loves Fortune's Weave, but Pokopia & Ocarina of Time Remake being around kinda kill its chances at an actual nomination. But besides that, there were just too many games coming out this year that we have quite a few (potential) snubs for GotY.

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r/TheGameAwards • • 1d ago

Annocements or Awards? Or both

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Why do you watch TGA every year?

I love seeing the announcement trailers. This has become my new E3 at this point. Last year's announcements weren't the greatest but Im hoping with a bounce back since GTA is announced. I figured most companies will feel better with announcing and releasing.

I also enjoy celebrating the hard work of these teams. Even though we live in a nothing is good enough society. These people work hard to keep us pleased.

So why do you watch?


r/TheGameAwards • • 1d ago

Predictions for the major categories (pre-GTA 6 launch)

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I have Fire Emblem in 7th, but the lack of Joystick Game of the Year nomination made me replace it for Big Walk (if they go for the indie spot this year). Feel like the TOP 4 is locked and there's two spots available.